Setting up a QA center of excellence
Dileep Singh Marway, QA Manager, The Economist, explains how he flies the QA flag high and maintains high-quality standards, at all times, for the weekly newspaper
Features
News
QualiTest signs US$3million multi-year partnership with DeepCoding
To develop a "revolutionary" AI testing tool, the world's' largest independent software testing company QualiTest signs a US$3million multi-year partnership agreement with DeepCoding
Google apologises for changing phone battery saver setting
Google apologises for remotely activating the battery saver setting on Android mobiles without consent from users
Read the new issue of TEST – 20 Leading Testing Providers 2018 special!
The September 2018 issue of TEST Magazine focuses on TEST's top 20 leading providers, as well as covers a wealth of topics and subjects from various experts – from how test automation could have helped avoid 70,000 angry passengers – to how manual testing will forever be essential to the automotive industry
Godel partners with Voiteq for voice-directed software solutions
Godel partners with global technology company Voiteq to deliver development skills for voice-directed software solutions
Global smart meter market to reach US$10.4billion by 2022
Driven by rising emissions, domestic energy resource constraints, ageing infrastructure and the growing demand and cost of electricity, the global smart meter market is estimated to reach US$10.4billion by 2022, according to a leading data and analytics firm
Ethereum to take 50% of Bitcoin’s market share
According to a business analyst and technology expert, Bitcoin is to lose half of its cryptocurrency market share to Ethereum within the next five years
Product news
Drones hunt cocaine farms in Colombia
Drones have started being used by the Colombian government for destroying plants that produce cocaine
Software testing has begun on Facebook dating app
Following Facebook's announcement at its F8 developer conference, the social media site has begun internally testing its new dating feature with employees
Accenture expands touchless testing platform with AI tech
Accenture acquires artificial intelligence (AI) technology from Real Time Analytics Platform, Inc to strengthen the analytics and cognitive capabilities of its Accenture Touchless Testing Platform
Adaptavist Test Management for Jira
Adaptavist's new software testing solution that simplifies the test process, enables scale and ensures quality with every new release
Number of active mobile gamers hits record 2.1 billion worldwide
On a global scale, mobile gaming accounts for a large portion of the industries revenue. Statistics from MediaKix stated that there are over 2.1 billion mobile gamers, with more than 56% playing 10 or more times a week
Breaking through the barriers to behavior-driven development
BDD isn’t just about automating your tests – it’s about getting everyone on the same page. Learn how to get your team started with BDD this free live webinar, June 14. Register now
Security
Tagging – the key element in enhanced cloud automation
Since the rise of DevOps practices and principles, the “automate everything” approach has become more and more popular. This is no surprise as it’s one of the main pillars of DevOps. In fact, utilising tags on cloud resources is an underutilised way to sort, filter, and automate a cloud environment
How does an autonomous vehicle avoid pedestrians & other obstacles?
How does an autonomous vehicle manage to navigate its way around obstacles and avoid pedestrians, other moving vehicles and cats dashing out to cross the road?
Microsoft tests ‘rival’ pop-up warnings
Microsoft tests pop-up warnings as an attempt to prevent users from installing third-party browsers
TV Licensing reveals suffering data breach
Tens of thousands of television viewers who have entered their details on the TV Licensing website in the past few weeks are being urged to check their bank statements for suspicious transactions following a data breach
Cybersecurity expert shares five ways to boost smartphone security
Naomi Hodges, cybersecurity advisor at Surfshark, explains that a widespread smartphone security neglect is related to care-free user experience offered by smartphones
Npower investigates personal data breach
Following a data breach, personal details of around 5,000 Npower customers have been shared with others via letters in the post
Finance
Managing offshore & onshore software testing resources
End-to-End Test Manager at Three, Victoria Bayes, exclusively reveals to TEST Magazine how she builds, manages and maintains the end-to-end test team comprising of both onshore and offshore resources
Do Amazon and Google pose a threat to home insurers?
Reportedly, Amazon has begun to explore the idea of setting up an insurance price comparison site in the UK. But is this a good idea?
Sonatype announces US$80million investment led by TPG
Sonatype announces its US$80million minority investment led by global alternative asset firm TPG
Nearly 50% of data environments considered ‘stale’
Financial services companies are the worst offenders, with 20% of their stale data made up of document files
Public Sector
A third of holidaying Brits say mobile app issues ruined their vacay
New research reveals that mobile apps played a critical role in the British holiday experience this summer
Wales awarded first cybersecurity centre of excellence
Cardiff University has been recognised as an "academic centre of excellence" in cybersecurity research by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre
Sainsbury’s checks out serviceless payments in London
With contactless payments expected to account for a third of in-store transactions by 2020, supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has joined the likes of Amazon by introducing checkout-free, Apple Store payments at its Clapham North store
Google faces lawsuit over tracking users location
Following the Associated Press (AP) accusing Google of tracking users location via Android and iPhone smartphones when ‘Location History’ is switched off, the tech giant has been hit with a lawsuit
Manufacturing
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